6.24.2018

By Gloria Dulan-WilsonHello All:2018 is a pivotal year. It is the year of the mid-term elections, giving us critical opportunity to vote out certain knuckleheads in Congress, and elect those who will be more aligned with programs and legislation of benefit to us. This is not just important to support those in your own city and state, but to be aware of, and support those in neighboring states and communities as well. I.e., we have to know what's going on inside the communities and poltical districts across the USA. On Tuesday, June 25, Ben Jealous is running for the Governor of Maryland - it's a pivotal position - one he has a good chance of winning, if we get out and vote on Tuesday, January 25. Now you know that I can't vote in Maryland - but you and I have relatives who can - and we have to make sure they know that we are watching and encouraging them to do their job - get up off it and vote - if not - they have no one to blame but themselves.

I am sure many of you have received letters from other elected officials urging you to urge your friends - and I have had the honor of receiving one from Kamala Harris - which I am sharing with you now. Stay Blessed &ECLECTICALLY BLACKGloria

From: Kamala Harris (via DFA)
Subject: Give me a chance to explain?

Gloria --
I am writing you today because progressive champion Ben Jealous is
running for governor in Maryland and he needs your help right now.

I endorsed Ben because of his unique and courageous leadership --
and my friends at Democracy for America enthusiastically endorsed Ben as
well, on the day he launched his campaign in 2017. That’s why we’re
reaching out to you together today.

Let me tell you a little about Ben Jealous: He’s a civil rights
leader and organizer who has spent his life bringing people together to
advance progressive causes.

At just 35, he was named the youngest National President and CEO
of the NAACP in history -- guiding them through an unprecedented era of
growth.

Under his leadership, the NAACP developed progressive plans to help
end mass incarceration and expand civil rights and helped to pass
numerous landmark pieces of legislation during President Obama’s first
term in office.

And as a community organizer, Ben helped lead successful campaigns to
abolish the death penalty for children, stop Mississippi’s governor
from turning a historically Black university into a prison, and pass
federal legislation against prison rape.

As you know, every single day we see the damage being done to
millions of people by the Trump Administration and its allies in local
and state government.

From attempts to take away our health care to the human rights abuses
happening on our southern border, we know that these midterm elections
are about the future of our nation and a referendum on what kind of
people we want.

More than ever, we need leaders in state government with courage and
tenacity to fight for our families and our progressive values. That’s
why my friends at DFA and I endorsed Ben, just like we endorsed Stacey
Abrams in her historic run to become governor of Georgia.